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Work, work, work. That was most of since last Tuesday. Yesterday (Saturday) we made a day trip of going to Costco and went to the fairly new store in Kalispell Montana. By GPS 142 miles each way, but we hadn't been out Highway 2 to that area since a trip back in 1996. We've lived here now for over two years but with the "local" Costco 'only' 94 miles away, that's the one we usually go to. But it was a really nice day to start. Got a little toasty on the way back, of course not in the air-conditioned truck. Just skirted some late afternoon Thundershowers East of Libby Montana, and took advantage of Montana's no sales tax. The store was a real nice one of the newer designs, like the one we'd sometimes go to back in Loma Linda California. Big exception, even on a Saturday afternoon, NO CROWDS!!! The road itself was loaded with motorcycles out on day runs or overnighters. It seems that most all the bikes seen yesterday were Harleys. Saw a few Gold Win...

One of the reasons for this blog was to stay in touch easier. But like so many other ways of communicating, getting it done seems like it should be so easy compared to actually doing it! So, let me see, I had not updated since the first. Most recently we had the people we know, Joan and her husband Don, stop by last week on their around the West and Canada trip they're on. They live in the Las Vegas area and were on the first vacation they'd been able to have in many years. From the things they've been doing on their trip they're having a great time and seeing a lot of pretty country. We picked them up at the motel and took them to dinner at a restaurant that overlooks the very full and near flood stage river. Then Stacy got called in for a "client" problem. so I took them on a tour of this area. It was a perfect time of day, late afternoon, and it was the first day of mostly sunny in a few weeks. It was, as we get to see all the time, beautiful! Everything ...

Sandy and Erik came and went Memorial Day weekend. While much cooler than their area, they still enjoyed the visit as did we. The local quad ride for company is apparently a hit. Everyone seems to like the exploration of our area on the quads. With Sean and Brandy it was still snow. For Sandy and Erik it was downed trees from winter and the mosquitoes at every stop we made. Sandy and Erik both had limited experience and got to help move several toppled trees and go over a few we couldn't. Sandy learned the hard way about NEVER putting your foot down a'la motorcycle with a quad. She'd hit a downed tree at a slight angle and so the Honda jumped over the tree. She thought she'd loose control so put her right foot down. Just a slight ding on her ankle. But it hurt her a bit. We went to Canada and because of a delay at the border with all of Sandy's Arab country passport stamps from her travels due to her job, at least we think that was the problem, we missed the Nelson ...